Alberta Widman
Alberta Widman went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sept. 23, 2023 in Bellingham.
Alberta was born on Nov. 27, 1927 in Maurice, IA to Henry and Susie (deJager) Smit. She had been ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 18, 2023
Implications of ‘controversial policies’ Editor, I would like to follow up on the recent letter about the gender inclusion policies at Lynden and Ferndale school districts. The ...
Guest Opinion: Library a ‘pillar of our community’
I first visited the current Lynden library in 2007, a few years after it opened in 2003. I was in fifth grade and needed a biography about Helen Keller for a school project. As my dad ...
Whatcom County News Briefs: Oct. 18, 2023
Serve on WCLS board of trustees WHATCOM — Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) seeks a Whatcom County resident who loves libraries to fill a term on its board of trustees. This five-year ...
Gallery: Vintage Trail
Sept. 22-23, visitors were invited to see different craft and antique vendors along the Vintage Trail at 10 different venues and farms across Whatcom County. Photos were taken at Hazel ...
Pumpkin-growing contest to return next year
Pumpkin seeds foster relationship between sister cities Ferndale and Minamiboso, Japan By Taras McCurdie Staff Reporter FERNDALE — In 1988, Kathy Chasteen started a pumpkin-growing ...
Ferndale Record wants your military service stories, photographs
WHATCOM — We at the Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record newspapers are making plans for our annual Veterans Day special section. The past two years we have received several stories ...
Ready to be spooked?
Local haunted house events this weekend and next By Taras McCurdie Staff Reporter WHATCOM — With Halloween less than two weeks away, it is time to finish carving those pumpkins ...
Gallery: Ferndale violinist kicks off Lynden Music Festival
Ferndale resident Carolyn Canfield was one of the dozens of musicians who performed at this year’s Lynden Music Festival, Oct. 11-15. Canfield, on the violin, spent many years in ...
Ferndale keeps floodplain building clearance at 1 foot
Other Whatcom towns on the ‘volatile’ Nooksack River are going to 2 feet By Cal Bratt For the Record FERNDALE — Until FEMA officially updates floodplain maps for the Nooksack ...